Dick's Picks, Volume Thirty

Grateful Dead

Four CD set recorded live at Academy of Music, New York City in 1972. One disc contains some of the March 25, 1972 show. The remaining three discs comprise the complete March 28, 1972 show.

Tracks

Disc 1 (March 25, 1972)

Hey Bo Diddley (McDaniel)*>

I'm A Man (McDaniel)*>

I've Seen Them All (McDaniel)>

Jam (McDaniel)

Mona (McDaniel)

How Sweet It Is (Holland / Dozier / Holland)

Are You Lonely For Me (Berns)

Smokestack Lightning (Burnett)

Playing In The Band (Weir / Hart / Hunter) (this is from 3/27/72)

Disc 2 (March 28, 1972)

Truckin' (Garcia / Lesh / Weir / Hunter)

Tennessee Jed (Garcia / Hunter)

Chinatown Shuffle (McKernan)

Black-Throated Wind (Weir / Barlow)

You Win Again (Williams)

Mr. Charlie (McKernan / Hunter)

Mexicali Blues (Weir / Barlow)

Brokedown Palace (Garcia / Hunter)

Next Time You See Me (Harvey / Forest)

Cumberland Blues (Garcia / Lesh / Hunter)

Disc 3 (March 28, 1972)

Looks Like Rain (Weir / Barlow)

Big Railroad Blues (Lewis arr. Grateful Dead)

El Paso (Robbins)

China Cat Sunflower (Garcia / Hunter)>

I Know You Rider (Traditional arr. Grateful Dead)

Casey Jones (Garcia / Hunter)

Playing In The Band (Weir / Hart / Hunter)

Sugaree (Garcia / Hunter)

The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (McKernan)

Disc 4 (March 28, 1972)

Sugar Magnolia (Weir / Hunter)>

The Other One (Weir / Kreutzmann)

Hurts Me Too (James / Sehorn)

Not Fade Away (Petty / Hardin)>

Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (Traditional arr. Grateful Dead)>

Not Fade Away (Petty / Hardin)

Sidewalks Of New York (Blake / Lawlor)

One More Saturday Night (Weir)

Musicians

Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals

Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals

Keith Godchaux - piano

Bill Kreutzmann - drums

Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - organ, percussion, harmonica, vocals

Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Bo Diddley - guitar, vocals (tracks 1 to 5 on disc 1)

Credits

Recording - Betty Cantor-Jackson

CD mastering - Jeffrey Norman

Tape archivist - David Lemieux

Archival research - Eileen Law / Grateful Dead Archives

Cover art, package design, photograph - Robert Minkin

Notes

The rear cover of Dick's Picks, Vol. 1 carried a similar message and also a message briefly explaining the reason for the Dick's Picks series;

Dick's Picks differs from our From The Vault series in that we simply did not have access to complete shows (nor the modern mixing capabilities afforded by multitrack tapes) But we think the historical value and musical quality of these tapes more than compensates for any technical anomalies... In other words what you hear is what you get. And what you get ain't bad!

Related releases

Dick's Picks 30 was made available as a digital download from Grateful Dead Productions in November, 2005

Dick's Picks 30 was released for the regular retail market by Real Gone Music in 2012.